The Scientific Outlook

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-24996-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 136 mm x 208 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

'A scientific opinion is one which there is some reason to believe is true; an unscientific opinion is one which is held for some reason other than its probable truth.' - Bertrand Russell
One of Russell's most important books, this early classic on science illuminates his thinking on the promise and threat of scientific progress. Russell considers three questions fundamental to an understanding of science: the nature and scope of scientific knowledge, the increased power over nature that science affords, and the changes in the lives of human beings that result from new forms of science. With customary wit and clarity, Russell offers brilliant discussions of many major scientific figures, including Aristotle, Galileo, Newton and Darwin.
With a new introduciton by David Papineau, King's College, London.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Russell, Bertrand

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Human- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Zeit: Philosophische, Psychologische, Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Scientific Knowledge; 1: Examples of Scientific Method; 2: Characteristics of Scientific Method; 3: Limitations of Scientific Method; 4: Scientific Metaphysics; 5: Science and Religion; 2: Scientific Technique; 6: Beginnings of Scientific Technique; 7: Technique in Inanimate Nature; 8: Technique in Biology; 9: Technique in Physiology; 10: Technique in Psychology; 11: Technique in Society; 3: The Scientific Society; 12: Artificially Created Societies; 13: The Individual and the Whole; 14: Scientific Government; 15: Education in a Scientific Society; 16: Scientific Reproduction; 17: Science and Values

Über Autor(innen)

Bertrand Russell